What are Recipes in Samomes?
A recipe in Samomes is a ready-made formula for preparing fertilizer with precisely calculated component proportions. It contains all the necessary data: which reagents to use and in what quantities to obtain a composition with a specified concentration of nutritional elements for your aquarium plants — both in liquid solution and dry mix form.
Types of Recipes
In Samomes, there are two main types of recipes:
Ready-Made Recipes
- Created by experts and tested in practice
- Include popular compositions from well-known manufacturers
- Save time on calculations
- Can be used as is or copied for modification
- Well-suited for beginner aquarists
Custom Recipes
- Create independently for your aquarium's conditions and needs
- Precisely control composition and concentrations
- Allow experimentation in the aquarium
- Can add your own ready-made recipe that's not in the list
Main Recipe Management Features
What you can do:
- View the composition of any recipe
- See precise concentrations of all elements
- Calculate required reagent masses
- Copy and modify existing recipes
- Create custom recipes of any complexity
Recipe types by composition:
- Single-component — contain one active component (for example, only potassium nitrate)
- Multi-component — contain several active components in one solution
- With liquid reagents — include acids, ready-made solutions
- Anhydrous — dry powder mixtures without water
- With chelators — contain substances to improve plant uptake rate of elements
How to Find the Right Recipe
- Go to the "Recipes" section
- Browse the list of ready-made recipes
- Use search by name or components
- Study the composition of the recipe of interest
- Review element concentrations in the table
Basic Recipe Information
Each recipe contains:
- List of reagents with precise masses
- Water volume for dissolution
- Concentration table of all elements
- Element ratios (N:P:K and others)
- Solubility information for components
Understanding Results
Fertilizer Concentration Table
Shows what's in the finished solution (in the bottle or jar):
- Element concentration in g/L of finished fertilizer
- Specific concentration - how much mg/L the element will increase in the aquarium when adding 1 ml of fertilizer
Solubility Control
- System automatically tracks maximum solubility
- Warning appears when limit is exceeded
- Solubility depends on water temperature
⚠️ Attention: The warning about exceeding reagent solubility is informational. You can still save the recipe.
What to Do Next
After creating a recipe, you can:
- Create a fertilizer dosing schedule
- Calculate dosages for different aquarium volumes
- Create more complex multi-component recipes